BJ and Bucher Podcast

BJ & Ric Explore What Kobe Bryant’s Mamba Challenge Means

The Mamba Challenge aka #MambaChallenge on Twitter has been future HOFer Kobe Bryant’s way of motivating current NBA players to step their games up in 2017-18. Targeting guys like Giannis Antetokounmpo and John Wall, Kobe seems to have found a new way to get into players’ heads and assert his dominance in the league, even after retirement.

In this video, BJ and Ric discuss what Kobe is doing and why players are responding to it. Even better, BJ shares what Michael Jordan would do to get himself motivated without the need for “challenges” from former players he once admired.

BJ Armstrong Gives A Hilarious Response

Will BJ Armstrong play in the 2018 BIG3 league, is the question. With the 2017 inaugural season success of Ice Cube’s new 3-on-3 basketball league THE BIG3 many retired and former NBA players are contemplating their return to the hardwood in 2018. So, it was only fitting that we explored whether or not we could expect to see our own 3x NBA Champion dusting off his sneakers to test his post-NBA round ball skills.

In what became an instant classic, BJ responds to his BJ & Bucher Podcast co-host Ric Bucher regarding the former Bulls star making a possible appearance in the retired player’s league in 2018; while the show’s producer, Shaine Freeman, gets a good laugh.

What Can The Cavs Do To Win The 2018 NBA Championship?

With recent speculation in the media that LeBron James is unhappy with the off-season moves that the Cavaliers organization has been making since losing to the Warriors in the 2016-17 NBA Finals. Ric Bucher and BJ Armstrong discuss ways that LeBron James and the Cavs can actually win their 2nd NBA Championship in 2017-18.

BJ Armstrong responds to anonymous Cavs player saying JaVale McGee is too dumb to play in the NBA Finals.

As JaVale’s agent, BJ Armstrong shares his perspective on the recent piece published by the Mercury News (via ESPN):

During ESPN’s The Basketball Analogy Show on Tuesday, [Dave] McMenamin said a Cavaliers player “postulated to me that he doesn’t even think McGee’s gonna be able to get on the court or certainly not stay on the court because he doesn’t think he’s quote, unquote ‘smart enough’ to be able to play in this series.” – Read more

Tricking referees has become somewhat of an artform in the game of basketball, and nowhere else is this more evident than in the NBA.

In this highly informative video, BJ Armstrong and Ric Bucher discuss the various ways NBA players have manipulated the rules of the game to take advantage of the officials – with respect to fouls. BJ shares how one NBA guard – former Phoenix Suns star Kevin Johnson – developed the effective technique of “offensive hand-checking.”